China Starts Aircraft Carrier Sea Trial

China Starts Aircraft Carrier Sea Trial

China Starts Aircraft Carrier Sea Trial

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:34 PM PDT

China's first aircraft carrier began sea trials, marking a milestone in the country's rapid military modernization and long-term strategy to challenge U.S. military supremacy in Asia and project power far beyond Chinese shores.


Drone Strike Kills 20 in Pakistan

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:16 PM PDT

American-fired missiles killed 20 Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, most of them members of a powerful insurgent network fighting the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said.


VIDEO: 'Shameful' UK rioting blights Manchester

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:47 PM PDT

Hundreds of rioters bring "shame on the streets of Salford and Manchester", Greater Manchester's assistant chief constable says.


VIDEO: People on streets 'to protect community'

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:58 PM PDT

Sporadic violence has broken out in several cities around England, although London remained largely quiet with a heavy police presence on the streets.


Bus fire in China caused by flammable chemicals (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:22 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese state media report says a fire on a double-decker bus that killed 41 people last month was caused by flammable chemicals that were being illegally transported on board.


Australia takes more Chinese migrants than British (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia welcomed more migrants from China than any other country in the year to June, passing the UK for the first time and underlining the increasing importance of the regional giant to its resource-rich economy.


A London Suburb Burns: Rioting Hooligans Hit Ealing Shops (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:05 PM PDT

Time.com - An account of the attack on a leafy London suburb on the third night of the violent street disturbances in Britain's capital


Brazilians seek Florida property bargains

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:49 PM PDT

Perfect storm of economic events makes US especially attractive to foreign home buyers.


Syria's crackdown hits ally Hezbollah's image (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:14 PM PDT

AP - As Syria's crackdown on protesters gets bloodier, it is having repercussions for one of Damascus' most crucial allies, eroding the reputation of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.


Mexico: Anti-technology group sent college bomb (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 09:31 PM PDT

AP - An anti-technology group calling itself "Individuals Tending to Savagery" was responsible for a package bomb that injured two university professors just outside Mexico City, a state prosecutor said Tuesday.


U.S. drone strike kills 21 in northwest Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 09:53 PM PDT

People wait to break their fast during the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)Reuters - A U.S. drone fired two missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least 21 suspected militants, including foreigners, local officials said, in one of the biggest attacks in weeks.

U.S. drone strike kills 21 in northwest Pakistan

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 09:53 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone fired two missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least 21 suspected militants, including foreigners, local officials said, in one of the biggest attacks in weeks.

Humans Are Getting Better At Chess - Thanks to Computers

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 09:09 PM PDT

A new study suggests that over the past 30 years, humans are getting much better at chess - thanks to computers.


Mexican court blocks extradition of alleged narco (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 08:40 PM PDT

AP - An accused drug trafficker can't be extradited to the U.S. on a charge for which she was acquitted in Mexico, a Mexican federal court panel has ruled, dealing a blow to efforts in both countries to prosecute the woman known as "Queen of the Pacific."


US drone strike kills 4 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 09:23 PM PDT

People wait to break their fast during the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - An American drone fired two missiles at a home in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border before dawn Wednesday, killing at least four foreign militants, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Apple blocks Samsung from selling Galaxy tablet in EU (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 07:47 PM PDT

Reuters - Apple Inc scored a big victory in its patent infringement battle against Samsung Electronics after a German court barred the Korean firm from temporarily selling its flagship Galaxy tablet in the European Union except the Netherlands.


Polygamist FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Sentenced to Life in Prison

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 08:11 PM PDT

Warren Jeffs, leader of a polygamist sect of the FLDS, a fringe Mormon group, was sentenced to 119 years in prison for sexual assault. Warren Jeffs, the leader of the??Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Texas jury. Jeffs was given 99 years on ...


Suspect held over missing American in Aruba

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 07:04 PM PDT

Authorities in Aruba are holding a suspect in the disappearance of an American woman there, the prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

Sources: U.S. near call for Assad to quit

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 06:32 PM PDT

The United States is moving toward issuing an explicit call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, U.S. government sources told CNN Tuesday.

US woman missing in Aruba; travel partner detained (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 07:35 PM PDT

This undated handout photo, released by the Natalee Holloway Resource Center on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, shows Robyn Gardner, 35, of Frederick, Maryland. The prosecutor's office in Aruba said Gardner has gone missing in the Caribbean island after she went snorkeling with travel partner Gary V. Giordano, 50, who was later detained by the police and is being investigated on suspicion of involvement in her disappearance. (AP Photo/Natalee Holloway Resource Center)AP - A U.S. woman has disappeared while vacationing in Aruba, and authorities said Tuesday that police detained her travel partner because his statements about the incident had raised questions.
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